Liuzhen, Independent Brigade Headquarters
Chu Xiong, Zhong Guoliang, Li Qing, Zhang Yu, Chen Hao and other regiment leaders gathered together to do war games. Although the Independent Brigade did not participate in this battle, everyone paid close attention to it. Chu Xiong specially made a sand table and brought it with him every day. Doing war games with several regiment leaders is also the best way to train generals.
Superiors will report the progress of the campaign to the 81st Division and the independent brigade from time to time. As the general tactical reserve team, the 81st Division is very necessary to grasp the progress of the campaign.
"Comrades, according to the latest report, the first phase of the operation has achieved good results. Tongpu Road, the blockade that the Japanese had high hopes for, has been destroyed seven times by the fifteen regiments invested by our 129S and 120S in advance. In pieces, the remnants are surrounded in more than a dozen isolated strongholds, and their communication with each other has been cut off. It is only a matter of time before they are annihilated.
Only one of these 15 regiments was left behind, leading a large number of militiamen to confuse the Japanese around the blockade. The main force had penetrated into the vast countryside of the enemy's war zone and wiped out all the Japanese forces in rural areas, including the maintenance committee. Militia organizations and women's rescue societies will gradually be established. Do you feel familiar? "
After Chief of Staff Zhong Guoliang finished speaking, he looked at everyone meaningfully, and Li Qing and others laughed in unison!
This is more than just familiar. Isn't this how their current base was established?
They looked at Chu Xiong in perfect agreement. Chu Xiong touched his big nose habitually, and then said:
"Don't look at me like this. They are our teachers when we open the base area behind enemy lines. They recruit troops. When the base area was established, I was still herding sheep for Miss Er's family in Chujiazhuang. I only mentioned it in the last 129S cadre training class. Let’s talk and exchange experiences with each other.”
Li Qing and the others exclaimed, saying nothing at all!
In fact, even if Chuxiong is not mentioned, the successful experience of the Independent Brigade in Liuzhen has long been reported to the divisions of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, and the Liuzhen model has been promoted in the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army;
Even the squad and group tactics of the independent brigade have been promoted in various departments of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. This is also a fine tradition of our army.
He has a very strong learning ability and can learn the tactics of the Japanese better than the Japanese, not to mention the successful experience of his brothers' troops.
Three, three systems, three or four systems of infantry tactics, the construction of three horizontal and four vertical defensive positions, cat-ear holes, tunnel tactics, tunnel warfare, mine warfare and other tactics, Chu Xiong had already organized them during the time he stayed at the headquarters. The book has now been extended to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, even the Anti-Japanese Alliance forces far away from the border. The combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the Anti-Japanese Alliance units has been significantly improved.
Any militiaman will have one or two simple flying thunder cannons. This is the change Chuxiong has brought to our army in recent years!
Even friendly forces like the 338th Regiment are learning. They have copied many flying thunder cannons, and everyone is learning war during the war.
If the Japanese didn't look down on flying thunder cannons, they would still imitate them!
The Japs' military factories are already imitating the Mulan cannon. Although it is not as good as the Mulan cannon in terms of performance, it is not much different. This thing has no technical content.
Only the Wei Shen Cannon is still being kept secret. It has been used rarely and the headquarters has not been decentralized to the regiment level. It has not been captured by the Japanese yet. They thought it was also the Mulan Cannon.
Gao Wancheng walked in with a few telegrams, a smile that couldn't be concealed on his face.
"Old Chu, I have good news. One is from the headquarters and the other is from 129S. Which one do you want to hear first?"
Chu Xiong said with great interest:
"I'll listen to 129 first!"
Gao Wancheng said somewhat unexpectedly:
"I thought you chose the headquarters first. 129 got a lot of good stuff from the Japanese railway lines. There were a lot of rails and copper wires. The amount of copper recovered by light energy exceeded tens of thousands of kilograms. They mobilized more than 20,000 people. The fellow soldiers from the front were sent to Zhang Yu's base area.
Lao Xu sent a regiment of guards, and also brought over the iron and copper they had saved. Monk Xu said, this is to exchange old for new, and tatters for money! "
"Old Chu, this is thousands of carts of supplies, enough to last our military factory for a long time!"
Chu Xiong smiled happily when he heard this. The early investment finally paid off. The Japanese should pay for this!
Turning to Zhang Yu, he said:
"Zhang Yu, I leave it to you to deliver this batch of supplies to the old camp. This is not a small batch of supplies. It is exactly what the military factory urgently needs. We don't have the conditions to open iron ore or copper mines now, but we can turn waste into treasure." I still have the ability!”
"Lao Gao, where's the second good news?"
Gao Wancheng knew that Chu Xiong couldn't pretend. The news from the headquarters was naturally one level higher than that of the 129th Division. It's strange that Chu Xiong didn't want to know!
"Old Chu, you continue to pretend, as if you don't care. The headquarters is preparing to start the second phase of the attack. This time the target is Zhengtai Road. Commander Nie's Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region will be the main force. The 129th and 120th Divisions will Send several groups to cooperate, totaling 20 groups!
In order to contain the Japanese in Zezhou, Luzhou and Yuci, the headquarters ordered the 81st Brigade and the Independent Brigade to send one or two regiments each to participate in the battle. "
There was a burst of cheers in the command room. It was finally the turn of the Independent Brigade to take the field. It was not pleasant to watch others fight all the time!
A bright smile appeared on Chu Xiong's face. This was better than any news. It seemed that the scolding he received when he went to the headquarters last time was not in vain. The result was even better than he imagined!
"In this case, our independent brigade will also send battalion-level troops to participate. The 881st Regiment, 882nd Regiment, Preliminary Regiment, Preliminary Regiment 2, and Preliminary Regiment 3 will allocate 8 Wei Shen cannons and 16 Wei Yixiao cannons to form an artillery battalion. There are a total of 6 battalions, and we will bring some more Mulan cannons to form a northward detachment, with me as the detachment leader. The target is Yuci, which is heavily defended by the Japanese, and threatens Taiyuan!"
When Zhong Guoliang heard this, he couldn't help but protested again. The brigade commander should personally take charge of the overall situation in the rear, and he, the chief of staff, should be the vanguard officer.
"Brigadier, would you please give it some serious thought? It would be more appropriate for me, the chief of staff, to serve as the vanguard officer!"
Zhong Guoliang also signaled Gao Wancheng with his eyes. Gao Wancheng was about to stand up and object, and said secretly:
"This old Chu is crazy for wanting to fight!"
Gao Wancheng was about to speak but was stopped by Chu Xiong. He knew Lao Gao so well that even without Zhong Guoliang's hint, he would have stood up to oppose his expedition.
"Lao Gao, Lao Zhong, don't worry, listen to me, this time I, Chu Xiong, do my sword dance not for Yuci!
Since our superiors asked us to participate in the war, their original intention was to let us attack and contain the Japanese;
But when did our independent brigade become a sidekick?
Xiao Zhuoyi'nan has been holding a huge mobile corps in his hands, as many as tens of thousands of people. It is like a Damocles sword hanging over the heads of the Eighth Route Army. It is a great threat to our Eighth Route Army departments!
He wants to keep it in his hands, but I won't follow his wishes. The purpose of this attack on Yuci is to lure this mobile corps out..."
